1. بكِ تاجُ فخري و انطلاقُ لساني

    و مرورُ أيامي و دفءُ مكاني

    In you lie my pride’s crown and my tongue’s free flow,

    And the passage of my days and the warmth of my dwelling.

  2. لغة الجدودِ و دربُنا نحوَ العُلا

    و تناغمُ الياقوتِ و المَرجان ِ

    The language of the forebears, and our path toward the heights,

    And the harmony of ruby and coral.

  3. هي نورسُ الطهرِ الذي ببياضِهِ

    يعلو الزُّلالُ ملوحةَ الخلجان ِ

    She is the gull of purity, through whose whiteness

    Clear, sweet water rises above the saltiness of the bays.

  4. رفعَتْ على هام ِالفخارِ لواءَها

    بالسيفِ و الأقلامِ و البنيان ِ

    She raised her banner upon the heights of glory,

    With the sword, pens, and edifices.

  5. من إرْث "مربدِها" و سوق ِ" عُكاظِها"

    جذرٌ يغذّي برعمَ الأغصان ِ

    From the legacy of her Mirbad and her Ukaz market

    Comes a root that nourishes the bud of the branches.

  6. من ثغْر ِ"عبلتِها" و بَيْن ِ"سُعادِها"

    تهمي دموعُ العاشق ِالولهان ِ

    From her Abla’s lips and her Suad’s parting,

    The tears of the lovesick lover pour down.

  7. قفْ في رحاب ِالضادِ تكسبْ رفعةًً

    فمجالُها بحرٌ بلا شُطآن ِ

    Stand in the realm of ḍād, and you will gain eminence;

    For her domain is a sea without shores.

  8. اللهُ أكرمَها و باركَ نطقَها

    فأرادَها لتَنَزُّل ِالقرآن ِ

    God honored her and blessed her speech,

    So He willed that the Qur’an be revealed through her.

  9. " اقرأْ " فمفتاحُ العلوم ِقراءةٌ

    عمَّتْ بشائرُها على الأكوان ِ

    “Read!”—for reading is the key to the sciences;

    Its glad tidings spread throughout the worlds.

  10. عِلمٌ و فكْرٌ ، حكمةٌ و مواعظ ٌ

    فقْهٌ و تفسيرٌ، و سِحْرُ بيان ِ

    Knowledge and thought, wisdom and admonitions,

    Jurisprudence and exegesis, and the magic of eloquence.

  11. و عَروضُها نغمُ العواطف ِو الهوى

    و مآترٌ تبقى مدى الأزمان ِ

    And her prosody is the melody of emotions and passion,

    And glorious deeds that endure throughout the ages.

  12. عربيةٌ ، و العرْبُ أهلُ مضافةٍ

    و فصاحةٍ و مروءةٍ و طِعان ِ

    She is Arabic, and the Arabs are a people of hospitality,

    And eloquence, chivalry, and spear-fighting.

  13. عربيةٌ ، و المصطفى أرسى بها

    منهاجَ صرْح ٍثابت ِالأركان ِ

    She is Arabic, and through her the Chosen One established

    The plan for an edifice with firm pillars.

  14. فغدَتْ على الأيام ِ صوتَ حضارةٍ

    تسمو بنورِ العلم ِو الإيمان ِ

    So, through the ages, she became the voice of a civilization

    That rises by the light of knowledge and faith.

  15. هيَ في حنايا الروح نبْضةُ خافقي

    و من المحبَّة صدقُها المتفاني

    Within the soul’s recesses, she is the beat of my heart,

    And from love comes her selfless sincerity.

  16. لا تهجرُوها فهي حِصْنٌ ثباتِنا

    و خَلاصُنا من خيبة ِالخُسْران ِ

    Do not forsake her, for she is the fortress of our steadfastness,

    And our deliverance from the disappointment of loss.

  17. و خُلاصةُ القول ِالطويل ِعبارةٌ

    سارتْ بمعناها خُطَا الرُّكبان ِ:

    And the gist of this long discourse is a saying

    Whose meaning has guided the riders’ steps:

  18. ما بَرَّ قومٌ أمَّهمْ و لسانَهمْ

    إلا و حازُوا السَّبقَ في المَيدان ِ

    No people have honored their mother and their tongue

    Without gaining the lead in the field.

  19. و إذا أهَانُوها فإنَّ مصيرَهم ْ

    عَيْشُ الهَوان ِو ذلَّةُ الخِذلان ِ

    And when they dishonor her, then their fate is

    A life of humiliation and the abasement of being forsaken.